Pope Francis’ Ecumenism Andrea Tornielli vatican city 28 January 2014 Almost a year after Francis’ election and with the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity at an end, it is now possible…
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Representatives of various denominations take turns in celebrating Mass on Kiev’s Independence Square, the heart of anti-government demonstrations. They were invited by the leaders of the opposition. Churches condemn the streets on…
Prompted by the Moscow Patriarchate, Russia’s Culture Ministry wants to develop a tourist cluster near the New Jerusalem Monastery in Istra. For Patriarch Kirill, the new hub will, among other things, draw…
Congratulations to our friend Fr James Siemens in Wales, who has set up a chaplaincy for Eastern Christian students in the Welsh capital. A Ukrainian Catholic priest, he is Catholic chaplain at…
Our friends at the Friends of the Holy Land write about our President and their Patron: We were very pleased to hear the wonderful news that Pope Francis will make Archbishop Vincent, a valued Patron…
It is once again an honor to address the Eurasian Economic Summit, which is organized each year by the esteemed Marmara Group and is today considering the topic of “Culture and Ecological…
February 4th: Philadelphia Roman Catholic Archbishop Charles J. Chaput is urging Catholics in this region to support efforts to get Congress and the Obama Administration to impose financial and travel restrictions on…
Priests , rabbis , kosher food and churches and chapels at the Winter Games , which open February 7 on the Black Sea. Patriarch Kirill consecrates Orthodox church near the Olympic Village…
Rome, January 31, 2014 (Zenit.org) This will be a crucial year for ecumenism, particularly concerning Catholic-Orthodox relations, the head of the Vatican’s Christian Unity council has said. In an interview with charity…